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Overwound Pocket watch

  • 18-02-2013 11:18pm
    #1
    nimrod86
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 769 ✭✭✭


    I got myself a fairly cheapish, but nice pocket watch a few years ago on the web, and loved using it until a friend decided to see how far it would wind! The watch hasn't worked since, and through the glass at the back I can't see anything noticeably wrong (keep in mind I have no experience with watches at all, but nothing is falling around!). Would anyone be able to recommend a watch repair shop that would be able to open it up and repair it? In the South Dublin/North Wicklow area preferably. From what I can see the only way to access the workings is to remove the glass from the front or back, something which I couldn't do myself without breaking it! I can post pictures if people want, not sure if it can be opened, it wasn't that expensive (€25 if I remember) but for the sake of not leaving it unused I would like to get it working again!

    Many thanks!

    nim


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  • #2
    Menas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,318 ✭✭✭✭Menas


    Watches cannot be over wound. Once fully wound you simply cannot wind it any more. Putting a lot of extra force on it will simply break the spring and once that happens you will know as there would be a snap sound and the winder will then move freely with little resistance.
    If the watch is fully wound and not working then the issue is that it cannot release its energy which implies something is blocking the movement. A Piece of dirt for example, or some part has become bent or broken.
    The vast majority of the time the watch simply needs to be taken apart and cleaned. Assuming this is an old watch?
    Taking it to someone who specialises in old pocket watches is the answer. They should be willing to do an initial 'diagnosis' for free. If it is determined that it is needed to take it apart and clean it then you are looking at €120 approx.
    If a part has broken and cannot be fixed then getting replacement parts is hard...and expensive and time consuming for the repairer.

    On the south side of dublin, there is a small jeweller in the nutgrove shopping centre who is a agent for a watch repairer who specialises in pocket watches. His prices seem reasonable. He is the only guy I know.


  • #3
    Zagato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,775 ✭✭✭Zagato


    Any mechanical watch that costs <€100 is always going to be more expensive to service/repair than to replace


  • #4
    nimrod86
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 769 ✭✭✭nimrod86


    Trigger Happy wrote: »
    On the south side of dublin, there is a small jeweller in the nutgrove shopping centre who is a agent for a watch repairer who specialises in pocket watches. His prices seem reasonable. He is the only guy I know.

    Thanks for the explanation, I managed to get the glass out today and can see a spring now that looks like it has come unsprung, although there could be alot more wrong! I'll bring it to that guy in Nutgrove, and see what He'll want to fix it. If by a miracle it's less than the cost of the watch I'll get it fixed, otherwise it makes a nice paper weight, and I'll get another on ebay!

    nim


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